by Fred Espenak, GSFC Planetary Systems Laboratory

Path of the
Total Solar Eclipse of 1974 Jun 20

Fred Espenak

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's
umbral
shadow during the
Total Solar Eclipse of 1974 Jun 20
.
The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at
60-second intervals.
This provides adequate detail for making plots of the path on larger scale maps.
Local circumstances on the central line include the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun,
the Sun's altitude and azimuth (degrees),
the path width (kilometers) and the duration on the central line (minutes and seconds).

Acknowledgments

Predictions for the
Total Solar Eclipse of 1974 Jun 20
were generated using the
VSOP87/ELP2000-82
solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT =
44.9
seconds.
The accuracy of the northern and southern edges of the eclipse path are limited to approximately 1-2 kilometers due to the lunar limb profile.

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce
this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment: